26 Truthful Quotes by Kurt Cobain

I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.Kurt took Gide's quote and came up with his own.

To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times is to be threatened by ridiculousness and instant discredibility.Kurt Cobain's Journal (Viking, 2002) Page 18

And I just think that it’ll take a little bit of time for kids to start doing the duties that they’re supposed to do, which is challenge things, like corruption.Nevermind: It's An Interview by Kurt St. Thomas (recorded in January 10-11, 1992)

I just hope I don’t become so blissful I become boring. I think I’ll always be neurotic enough to do something weird.Interview: Success Doesn't Suck by David Fricke, in Rolling Stone (January 27, 1994)

All drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem.Nirvana: Inside the Heart and Mind of Kurt Cobain by Michael Azerrad, in Rolling Stone (April 16, 1992)

It’s really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label… Most people don’t have any dignity in the first place.Interview: Take The Money and Run by Keith Cameron, in Sounds (October 27, 1990)

Zits are beauty marks.Interview: Kurt And Courtney Sitting In A Tree by Christina Kelly, in Sassy (April 1992)

If you’re really a mean person you’re going to come back as a fly and eat poop.Interview: Go For The Grunge by James Crotty, in Monk Magazine (January 1993)

The worst crime I could think of would be to put people off by faking it and pretending as if I’m having 100% fun.Cobain's suicide note

Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth. And it happens every few minutes.Interview: 'Vana Be Adored by Mary Ann Hobbs, in New Mysical Express (November 23, 1991)

I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack sincerity.Kurt Cobain's Journal (Viking, 2002), Page 99

I’m a spokesman for myself. It just so happens that there’s a bunch of people that are concerned with what I have to say. I find that frightening at times because I’m just as confused as most people. I don’t have the answers for anything.Interview: Inside The Heart And Mind Of Kurt Cobain by Michael Azerrad, in Rolling Stone (April 16, 1992)

If you ever need anything, please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first.Very Ape, from the album In Utero (1993)

My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It’s psychosomatic, caused by all the anger and the screaming. I have scoliosis, where the curvature of your spine is bent, and the weight of my guitar has made it worse. I’m always in pain, and that adds to the anger in our music.Interview: Sounds Dirty: The Truth About Nirvana by Jon Savage, in The Observer (August 15, 1993)

I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.Kurt Cobain's Journal (Viking, 2002) Page 100

I’ve never been more confused in my life, but at the same time I’ve never been more satisfied with what we’ve done.Interview: Success Doesn't Suck by David Fricke, in Rolling Stone (January 27, 1994)

Birds… scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth. They know the truth. Screaming bloody murder all over the world in our ears, but sadly we don’t speak bird.Kurt Cobain's Journal (Viking, 2002) Page 224

We’re just musically and rhythmically retarded. We play so hard that we can’t tune our guitars fast enough. People can relate to that.Interview: Cool Hand Puke by Jeff Gilbert, in Gitar World (January 1992)

If it’s illegal to rock ‘n’ roll, throw my ass in jail!A line Kurt wrote on a guitar (July 15, 1989)

I just can’t believe anyone would start a band just to make the scene and be cool and have chicks. I just can’t believe it.Interview: Better Dead Than Cool by Gina Arnold, in Option (January 1992)

You create attention to attract attention.Interview: Success Doesn't Suck by David Fricke, in Rolling Stone (January 27, 1994)

If I went to jail, at least I wouldn’t have to sign autographs.Interview: Just Like Heaven, Nirvana Adjust To The Smell Of Success by Gavin Edwards, in Details (February 1992)

We’re so trendy we can’t even escape ourselves.Interview: Maybe We Should Put On Kiss Make-Up by Mörat, in Kerrang! (January 11, 1992)

If you die you’re completely happy and your soul somehow lives on and there’s this positive energy. I’m not in any way afraid of death.Interview: GRRR! by Amy Raphael, in The Face (September 1993)

It’s better to burn out than fade away.Cobain's suicide note

Rather be dead than cool.Stay Away, from the album Nevermind (1991)

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.Territorial Pissings, from the album Nevermind (1991)

The sun is gone, but I have a light.Dumb, from the album In Utero (1993)

Never met a wise man, if so, it’s a woman.Territorial Pissings, from the album Nevermind (1991)

I’m a much happier guy than a lot of people think I am.As quoted in Rolling Stone (January 27, 1993)

Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.No source

We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.No source

Nobody dies a virgin… Life fucks us all.No source